Deccan Despatch (January - April 2010) - CII

SENHAM – ongoing/ continuous initiativesMedical assistanceWhenever SNEHAM receives anymedical requests, our team visit thepatient & assess the need. Snehamsponsored for various medicalinterventions like Open HeartSurgery, Kidney Transplantation,Angioplasty, Brain Tumor,Throat surgery, Acute leukemiarelapse ,Renal Failure, Wheezingproblem, Eosinophilia etc. Aftervalidating genuineness, our team makesthe payment directly to the hospital.SNEHAM volunteers are in constanttouch with these patients even after thesurgery/operation & provide emotionalsupport to their families. SNEHAMhas disbursed close Rs. 2, 75000 /-to 43 medical requests during lastone year.Educational scholarshipSNEHAM team has provided educationalscholarship to deserving school students& college students. Education requestteam has validated every single requestthat came to us by personally visiting thestudent in their own place & assessedthe family situation before grantingeducational assistance. Our criteria forselection are very stringent & only themeritorious & deserving students areoffered scholarship.Support to homes and orphanagesSNEHAM has adopted 12 orphanages/homes and our volunteers visit these homesduring weekends (atleast twice a month). In addition to spending quality time withthe inmates, our volunteers also teach various subjects to the students, particularlythe ones in which they are weak. We also conduct special events/competition duringfestival season & take care of any other emergency needs. Our volunteers have spentmore than 1000 hrs in the last one year visiting and spending time with the inmatesof the homeSNEHAM team has distributededucational scholarship to thetune of 17.8 lakh rupees to 440deserving students in the last oneyear.47